From a man who sexually assaulted a teenager to two men who attacked two homeless men sleeping in a tent - the courts have been busy in February.

These are the faces of 10 of the offenders put behind bars within the last month who were convicted of crimes including sexual abuse, threatening shop workers, burglary and grievous bodily harm.

Lincolnshire Live has taken a look back through February to look at the cases where people have been put behind bars.

Here are the people who were jailed in February

Michael Lowe - threatening shop workers with a hypodermic needle

Michael Lowe, 30, of no fixed address has been jailed after threatening shop staff with a hypodermic needle (Image: Nottinghamshire Police)

Low locked up after he threatened shop staff with a hypodermic needle after he went into a shop in Newark in September 2018 - but this was just one attack which caught the attention of the authorities.

After an investigation he was found guilty of a number of shop thefts and breaching a suspended sentence - also handed out for raids on shops.

Lowe, 30, of no fixed address, was sentenced to 20 weeks in prison at Nottingham Magistrates' Court on February 22.

Judge Steven Coupland, passing sentence, told him: "What makes this worse is the fact that both sets of offences were committed while you were on bail. The only proper sentence today is a prison sentence."

Paul Piddington - sexual assault

Paul Piddington was found guilty of a string of sexual offences (Image: South Yorkshire Police)

A polo coach was left with his reputation in tatters as he was jailed for 11 years and six months for a string of sexual offences.

Paul Piddington was put behind bars for raping and sexually assaulting girls over a four year period.